Posted by Eric Prothero on November 9, 2000 at 21:46:35:
In Reply to: My observations: posted by Proud Blade(VIP) on November 9, 2000 at 18:39:37:
> So, the other day, I was trying to do a "whois e" to look for someone, and instead I did a "who e". I got a list of elves. > I then had a small lightbulb go on. So I played with "who" a bit. Now, if you put in "who z", you get some sort of "Huh?" type message. "Who e" brings up elves, and "who el" brings up elves, but "who em" gets you the error message. Let's say you didn't know elves existed, and stumbled on "who e". Even if no elves are logged on, the feedback from "who e" is different than "who z" or "who gbgbkibg", so you know "who e" is special in some way. So you try "who ea", "who eb", "who ec", etc. Eventually you hit "who el", and special feedback occurs. Rinse. Repeat. > So that's what I did with my summer vacation.